All passengers, crew escape blaze on Japan Airlines plane after Tokyo airport collision
All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane miraculously escaped from a fire following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday, but local media said most of the coast guard plane crew had died.
The Coast Guard said the collision involved one of its planes that was headed to Niigata airport on Japan's west coast to deliver aid to those caught up in a powerful earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, killing at least 48 people.
Five of the six crew of the coast guard aircraft have died, public broadcaster NHK reported. A coast guard spokesperson earlier said five of the crew were unaccounted for but that the captain had escaped.
Really awful. I'm happy for the 379 Japan Airlines passengers but sorry for the Coast Guard crew who perished. Again, what a way to start 2024. It's the Year of the Dragon, but this dragon seems to require blood sacrifices.
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